Sheikh Ali Elsayed was born in Lebanon, and had moved to the United States in the early 1990′s. He comes from a family of Sufi scholars and Nasheed singers. At the request of his spiritual master in the United States, Shaykh Hisham Kabbani, he started reciting traditional and classical Arabic songs in praise of Allah (Our Divine Lord), and of Prophet Muhammad (His Mercy to humanity).

Ali has studied with Shaykh Hisham Kabbani for over 15 years in the sciences of Tasawwuf and has been authorized by Mawlana Shaykh Hisham Kabbani to interpret dreams.